hang
hæŋ
Why ending a call means putting it back up
The picture Something is held at a single point above and trails down from it, swinging a little. HANG is being held at one point and trailing down; DROP is that hold letting go to the floor.
Where the picture shows up in hang
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put it up on something
Hang your coat on the hook.
hæŋ jɔːr koʊt ɑːn ðə hʊk
Put your coat on the hook.
Shoulders slipped onto a hook and the coat trails down the wall, swaying
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suspended above
A lamp hangs over the table.
ə læmp hæŋz ˈoʊvər ðə ˈteɪbl
There is a lamp above the table.
A cord comes down from the ceiling and stops with the lamp over the middle of the table
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hung out to dry
I hung the laundry outside.
aɪ hʌŋ ðə ˈlɔːndri ˌaʊtˈsaɪd
I put the washing out.
Wet clothes caught over a line, dripping and turning in the wind
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put the handset back
Don't hang up yet, please.
doʊnt hæŋ ʌp jet pliːz
Please don't cut the call yet.
The handset rises onto its cradle before the sentence ends and the sound dies at once
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loosely being together
We hung out after class.
wiː hʌŋ aʊt ˈæftər klæs
We spent time together after class.
Two people perched on a step with nowhere to be, letting the talk run on
All of it in one picture
Hang is one picture: held at a point above, trailing down. A coat caught on a hook is hung up; a lamp caught on the ceiling hangs over the table. Wet clothes caught on a line are hung out to dry, and a handset set back on its cradle hangs up the call. People caught loosely in one spot with nowhere to be are hanging out.